Caroline Shaw Quotes

I consider myself a composer.

I'm a composer like every maestro on this earth.

As a songwriter, I got used to being in the background.

I'm a composer, man.

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.

I am an inventor of music.

I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.

All I do is make music.

There was nothing extraordinary about the work I was doing as a composer though I had delivered hits.

That's all I know how to do, just make music.

I never jump on to a song and say 'I will only sing it.' I am not too obsessed as a singer. I am happy being a composer.

I got books full of music.

No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.

I've been writing music since I was a teenager. I play keyboards. I'm not much of a player, but I can write. That will come along. I'd like to do a musical.

Music is what I do naturally.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.

I am a composer, horn player, and computer programmer.

Songwritng is what I do.

I spend a lot of time on my music.

I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write.

I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.

I'm basically a musician.

I've got to be honest: I don't listen to any music now. I don't even listen to mine! I like to walk fresh into the studio and have ideas that come straight out of me.

Composing music is hard work.